Typhoon Lupit - 2009/10/21 0000 UTC

Flight route of DOTSTAR

The flight route of DOTSTAR

Storm symbol in black: Location of the storm center at 2009/10/21 0000 UTC.
Storm symbol in green: Location of the storm center as the first dropwindsonde reached the surface.
Storm symbol in blue: Location of the storm center as the last dropwindsonde reached the surface.

Wind vector at each pressure level

Dropwindsonde information and the estimated surface wind speed

NO.TIMELongitudeLatitudeDISTWDWSMBLWL150
12009/10/20 21:20:06122.822.9558------------
22009/10/20 21:51:08122.520.951600816.713.914.0
32009/10/20 22:06:27124.221.0340351---15.915.3
42009/10/20 22:17:24124.418.8345------------
52009/10/20 22:21:26124.718.4347310---15.213.8
62009/10/20 22:36:16125.217.636730815.213.012.5
72009/10/20 22:54:07127.317.2337------------
82009/10/20 22:59:21127.817.4322243---13.412.5
92009/10/20 23:09:43128.818.029823812.012.711.2
102009/10/20 23:27:25129.319.9227------------
112009/10/20 23:32:10129.320.5223150---19.216.2
122009/10/20 23:45:59128.121.6186085---20.218.7
132009/10/20 23:50:48127.521.7172059---21.2---
142009/10/21 00:03:00125.921.8218018---24.423.2
152009/10/21 00:16:49125.823.3367------------
162009/10/21 00:29:02127.923.8408057---15.814.1
172009/10/21 00:40:06128.224.0443052---13.912.8
182009/10/21 00:56:50126.124.9537------------
192009/10/21 01:16:36124.425.868705112.912.312.2

TIME: Time when dropwindsondes reached the surface. (UTC)
DIST: The distance form each dropwindsonde to the corresponded storm center. (km)
WD: Surface wind direction. (degree)
Surface wind speed: (unit : m/s)
(1) WS: Surface wind speed (at a height of 10 meters) directly from the dropwindsondes.
(2) MBL (Franklin 2003): Averaging the dropwindsonde wind speed over the 0~500 m layer, multiplied by 0.80.
(3) WL150 (Franklin 2003): Averaging the dropwindsonde wind speed over the 0~150 m layer, divided by 1.229.

CWB QPESUMS Image

CWB QPESUMS Image

(925 hPa wind, one full barb = 10 m/s)

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